Why Pass Plus?
There’s an old saying that goes, ‘you only start to learn how to drive after you’ve passed your test’, and there’s some truth in it.
Driving gives you freedom and independence but, at the beginning, every journey is a step into the unknown.
It’s also true that insurance can cost more than the value of the car for young drivers in the early days.That’s because new drivers are more likely to have an accident within the first two years of passing their test than at any other time in their driving career. They lack experience. Insurers know this and demand a higher premium for handling the increased risk.
One good way to lower this risk is to take a Pass Plus driving course. Sometimes insurers recognise the value of Pass Plus training by lowering the price of their premiums.
Develop Your Driving Experience Safely
At Sue’s Driving School you will experience a wide range of road and traffic conditions but there are limitations caused by time constraints and the necessity of practising essential skills.
Pass Plus lessons provide you with a great opportunity to drive outside your local area and build up your wider driving skills safely. This is very useful if you wanted to practise driving a certain route or spend time in traffic at certain times of the day.
Build On Your Existing Skills And Knowledge
Pass Plus lessons are not the same as driving lessons because you’ve already passed your test. Instead they are an opportunity to deal with unfamiliar driving conditions, take unfamiliar routes and develop confidence in your ability to deal with different scenarios under Sue’s guidance and with the comfort of having her experience behind you.
Motorway driving is an obvious example of when this could be useful. You don’t get to try motorway driving as part of standard driving lessons and sometimes that causes new drivers to be fearful.
Perhaps there was something that you struggled with during standard driving lessons,? If so Sue will work with you on that, reinforce weaker skills and boost your confidence.
You may save a little on your insurance premiums too. If you do then it certainly makes financial sense and definitely lowers your risk of having an accident during the first two years of independent motoring.
Areas Covered By The Course
The Pass Plus training course was designed by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and it aims to develop a positive approach to driving. The two key factors it focuses on are your attitude and your skills.
There are different modules you can take.
These include Town Driving, all weather driving, rural roads and countryside driving, driving at night, coping with dual carriageways and motorways.
It will take at least six hours to complete the training and all parts of the course have to be completed. There is no other test to take, Sue assesses your driving as you are doing it. If you achieve or exceed the skills and knowledge needed you will gain your certificate.
Sue is happy for you to take your Pass Plus modules in any combination of 3×2 hours, 2×3 hours or 1×6 hours. The 1×6 hour course is especially useful if you know you will be going on a long journey quite soon, for instance to a University campus far from home or on a business trip.
Sue is more than happy to combine a Pass Plus training course with whatever else is going on in your life.